Quotes

We worked as a team and I think that today is a pretty historical day for the entire conference in showing that the body has decided that parents deserve a voice in Washington and also to the importance of female members having a vote in Washington, D.C.

To hate him is wrong, and maybe my ego got too caught up in, if I stood here maybe, maybe — just maybe — I could break this record of the man who tried to stop the rights upon which I stand. I’m not here, though, because of his speech. I’m here despite his speech. I’m here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful.

The Smithsonian has always been able to rise above the political moment. I don’t see anything that stops that process.

This is one of the most important days, in my opinion, in American history. It's our declaration of economic independence.

If this continues, a group chat foul will be the least of our concerns, and all the fist and flag emojis in the world won’t save us.

If you haven’t sold your soul, you have to be willing to criticize the people you admire on your, quote, side, and my owning my bias by going out there onstage with Donald Trump and saying, “I’m voting for him, and you should, too” is a bonus when it comes to my credibility

It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.

Signal might be a good app for you and me and our local drug dealer, but it’s not for the Pentagon to plan wars on.

Too many in our party have lost their way and it’s time to wake the heck up.

I had very strong doubts that this text group was real, because I could not believe that the national-security leadership of the United States would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans. I also could not believe that the national security adviser to the president would be so reckless as to include the editor in chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior U.S. officials, up to and including the vice president.

Like all great love stories, they never end.

Heroes always have their scars. Some you can see, some you read about later on.